FDPPI will be conducting a day long deliberations with the industry on July 27 to discuss the DPDPA Rules as published for Public consultation and collate the views for submission to MeitY.
The tentative program is as follows.
Participation is by registration and physical participation is limited. Registration can be made here:
Feedback survey forms will be distributed at the venue to the registered participants and later by email to the online participants. This will be collated for submission to MeitY.
All Registered participants will be provided a full rebate of their delegate fee from the C.DPO.DA. program in the next one month by iLet Solutions and a discount of Rs 499/- by the publishers of the book “Privacy Guardians…”
The much awaited DPDPA rules is expected to be announced within the next two weeks. The published rules will be draft rules for public consultation.
In anticipation, FDPPI is organizing a full day event at Bangalore on July 27 to disseminate information on the rules and to collate the feedback from industries such as Fintech, Health Care, Digital Marketing, Education, Start Ups, MSMEs, Manufacturing industries etc.
A Draft set of Rules has so far been released by MeitY. It will be available here in a few days so that industry can formulate their thoughts to discuss on July 27.
The Venue of the Conference is Suchitra Film Society Auditorium at : 36, 9th Main, B V Karanth Road, 9th Main Road, near Post Office, Banashankari Stage II, Banashankari, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560070.
The tentative program includes discussions in multiple panels as follows:
Panel 1: FDPPI: Introducing the observations of FDPPI
Panel 2: Health Sector: Impact of DPDPA Rules on Health Sector
Panel 3:Fintech: Impact of DPDPA Rules on Fintech Sector
Panel 4: Education: Impact of DPDPA Rules on Education Sector
Panel 5: Other Industries: Impact of DPDPA Rules on Digital marketing and Manufacturing Sector
The program is a hybrid program with speakers joining from all over India. The feedback received from the industry will be briefly discussed and collated for subsequent submission to MeitY.
Participation is by registration and physical participation is limited. Registration can be made here:
With the new cabinet of Modi 3.0 announced, it is heartening to note that Mr Ashwini Vashnav continues to be the minister for IT along with Railways and Information and Broadcasting. Digital publishing being a major part of Meity’s regulations, it is good that I&B ministry has been combined with MeitY at the level of the minister.
The MOS of IT Mr Rajev Chandrashekar unfortunately lost his election narrowly in Tiruvananthapuram against Mr Shashi Tharoor and will be missed for continuity. We wish Rajeev Chandrashekar all the best in his next stint as a party worker either in Kerala or in Bangalore which he represented in the Rajya Sabha.
In place of Mr Mr Rajeev Chandrashekar, we have now Mr Jitin Prasada as the new minister of state for IT.
A product of Doon School Dehradun and an MBA from International Management institute in New Delhi, Jitin Prasada recently served as a Minister in the UP state Government as Minister of Technical Education for 2 years.
We hope under the guidance of Mr Ashwin Vaishnaw, he would ensure that the projects of MeitY are implemented without any slackness.
On request, attendees will be issued participation certificate with 2 hours CPE credit. Attendees will also get a 20% discount on the book “Privacy Guardians…”
FDPPI along with Naavi has embarked on a mission to spread DPDPA awareness amongst the public as well as professionals.
As part of this objective, FDPPI has revised its pricing strategy for the courses on Certified Data Protection Professional from the fixed Course fee payment to a time based subscription model.
The new scheme essentially enables those who are focussed on completing the course to complete the course on a fast track basis at a relatively low cost. Students can take subscriptions to different courses for a 2 month period which can be extended if required.
Further, students would be having the option to book “Mentor Sessions” where they will have a virtual real time interaction with the faculty to get clarifications after going through the video lessons.
In the past, since the access to the course modules was available for an indefinite period, there was no incentive to complete the course quicky and students tended to take upto 6 months for a course which they should normally complete within a month. The new system therefore fixes the subscription at 2 months which is extendable in blocks of further two months.
The two month subscription for different courses as a Self paced access are as follows: (GST Extra).
Course
Fees for first 2 months (Rs)
Fees for Renewal for further 2 month block (Rs)
Fees for Mentor Sessions of 90 minutes
1
Certificated Cyber Law Professional (Based on ITA 2000/8)
3000
1500
1500
2
Certified Indian Data Protection Professional (Based on DPDPA 2023)
4000
2000
2000
3
Certified Global Data Protection Professional (Based on GDPR, CPRA HIPAA)
5000
2500
2000
4
Certified DGPMS Implementor (Based on Digital Governance and Protection Management System for India)
6000
3000
2000
5
Certified Data Protection Officer and Data Auditor (Based on compliance of DPDPA, ITA 2000 and proposed BIS standard of Data Protection)
15000
7500
2500
As a further commitment to spread the DPDPA professional knowledge and skills, every month, 5 students would be provided a discount of 30% over the above market price for first two months.
Additionally, for those who register for the courses before the rules are notified, one free virtual session of around 2 hours would be provided as a bridging session to update them on the rules.
Reading material would be provided in softcopy form for all the courses.
Examination and Certification
All participants will be provided participation certificate after they clock at least 90% of the video time for the course and a quiz.
Those who would like to opt for C.DPO.DA. certification need to pass an online examination. The examination fee for those who attend the C.DPO.DA. course as above would be Rs 10000/-
However open entry would be provided to professionals who may not undergo the training program at an examination fee of Rs 25000/-
Repeat examination fee would be Rs 6000/-
The passing of the examination would be based on a system of normalization and relative scoring. The decision of FDPPI in this regard is final and not subject to debate.
FDPPI has been working along with Naavi to empower the Data Protection Community in India with Certification programs, the Compliance Framework and other activities.
With the impending notification of DPDPA rules, it is time to accelerate the activities of FDPPI on a mission mode and hence FDPPI is joining hands with Naavi.org in this mission DPDPA as a Co-sponsor.
Spread the knowledge of what are the Rights and Duties of Citizens under DPDPA 2023 amongst the general public including students and faculty of Law, Engineering, Management.
Spread the knowledge of what are the compliance requirements under DPDPA 2023 by organizations including the Directors, CxOs and others.
Provide tools of empowerment of individuals through Certification Programs
Provide tools of empowerment to organizations through a framework for compliance along with a system of third party audit, assessment and conformity assurance certificates.
Provide Jurisprudential suggestions to the Government through Policy Advisories placed in the public domain.
Encourage different industry sectors to develop self regulatory guidelines and work towards acceptable sectoral guidelines.
Encourage tech developers to adopt “Compliance by Design” and incorporate DPDPA 2023 compliance when products and services are designed including tools to assist others to be compliant such as AI tools and Governance support software systems.
These are the minimum objectives of the mission and could expand.
As the D-Day for publication of rules for DPDPA 2023 is approaching, FDPPI has decided to run a special awareness building program on DPDPA 2023, Global Data Protection Laws and Certified DPO and Data Auditor.
The objective of this campaign is to ensure that we reach out to a large number of professionals aspiring to learn about DPDPA 2023 as a law and prepare themselves to be the next generation professionals such as DPOs in India and Data Auditors.
Over the next few months, there will be several in house physical training programs which will be customised to the requirements of different organizations which will be separately priced, This new campaign is meant for the “Virtual Online Sessions” based on recorded videos and pre-arranged real-time mentor sessions online.
On June 28, 2024, Bsides Bangalore is conducting its “Security Bsides Bangalore 2024”a premier cyber security conference in India, at Marriott, Whitefield, Bangalore.
FDPPI is a community partner for the event.
Bsides has been conducting such conferences each year and one can expect the following during the conference.
Keynotes & CXO Fireside chats CxO Roundtables Panel Discussions Workshops & Trainings Research Based Talks & Tech Talks B5CTF & Wonder women CTF(Capture The Flag) W3-CS Connect Job Fair Career & Resume Clinic Live Hacking Villages Tools Forge (showcase Innovation) Excellence Awards Ceremony Opportunity to Win Prizes Exhibits Limitless networking Opportunities
Interested persons can register here and also avail the discounts from the community discount code given above.
FDPPI is organizing events on Compliance of DPDPA at multiple centers for different audience.
Since January, one day events were held in Pune, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Kolkata.
Now the following events are planned.
13th April 2024: Hyderabad (CIOKLUB members only)
11th May 2024: Delhi (CIOKLUB members only)
12th May 2024: Delhi (Open paid event)
18th May 2024 : Coimbatore (CIOKLUB members only)
The one day programs will cover DPDPA law and Implementation through DGPSI framework.
Interested persons who would like to attend the May 12tth event may contact FDPPI. Any other organization which may like to conduct programs for their members may also contact FDPPI.
